# Germany’s far-right AfD makes history again in Saxony-Anhalt

https://mins.news/en/item/88047

- DW, 2026-10-06 13:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-far-right-afd-makes-history-again-in-saxony-anhalt/a-79565146?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> For the first time since World War II, a German state parliament has elected a representative of a party classified as right-wing extremist as its speaker. AfD lawmaker Tobias Rausch won 48 votes in Saxony-Anhalt, while about 500 people demonstrated in Magdeburg against cooperation with the far right.

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